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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
CURT SMITH is
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS AT BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
TRAIN STOP
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, October 21st at 5:30 p.m. you will deliver
remarks to an audience of 10,000 along the tracks in Burlington,
North Carolina on your "Spirit of America" train trip.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 10 minutes / cards) are based on
your stump speech with language comparing you and your opponent's
records on the issues.
Document No. 357207ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 3:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BURLINGTON, N.C.
SUBJECT:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
x
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
X
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
x
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
>
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
A
FITZWATER
K ZOELLICK
1
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122,
x2930, no later than 3;00 p.m., TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a
copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
called 11:00
PHILLIP D. BRADY
12:00
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
02 OCT 19 A8: 40
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you,
It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance.
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption. No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. //
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You Know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
3
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I want to be fair. At least he's consistent. Governor
Clinton never met a tax he didn't like. When it comes to
anything else, he has a tendency to come down on every side of
every issue. He reminds me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the
Other Hand."
4
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them." "
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
It's no surprise to me that Burlington's Marvin Aldridge was in
the first tank to cross the Rhine River in 1945 with General
Patton. Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor,
country" than in the South.
That's why - North Carolinians bravely served in the
Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made." //
5
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that you've
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
6
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
October 19, 19926
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Spartansburg, South Carolina
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted several
suggested changes on the draft.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may
help in any other way.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Document No. 3572085
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SPARTANSBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA
SUBJECT:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
-
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 20, 1992
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air. //
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the.
Greensville economy. / /
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
we're going to suprise the pundits -- annoy the media -- and win
ELECTION
this campaign. / /
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
ON
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one.//
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world.//
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things STETC don't look bad. " They want you to believe
SECURITY
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
HE
TE
My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
last time we tried his formula of change -- we changed inflation
to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
ownership impossible. We changed America's reputation -- and
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
I don't believe America wants that kind of change. //
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
LY
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
TO
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would
INCREASE
es
Jap now tax on the new BMW plant that is coming here from
FOREIGN INVESTMENT LIKE
3
SUCH
ES
Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Because I understand what the owners of BMW
understand. Give an American worker the chance -- and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him. I
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
,
to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people. 11
These are just three examples, I there are [many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from health care T rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
4
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
named Bob Zuelke (Zul-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. - Today, they employ six people
-- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
COESNIT
where we what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
SENSE
tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us. But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
home. If we lite a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
5
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
THE WHITE house
92.0CT19 P3: P3:21
October 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATION
FROM:
misfer ROBERT T. SWANSON
ASSISTANT COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Burlington, N.C.
At your request, Counsel's office has reviewed the above-
referenced matter. See attached comments.
Attachment
cc: Phillip D. Brady
To:
Rob Dam McGrourty
From:
Lee Rob
Proposed substitute for last paragraph on p. 4 of Cornelia,
Georgia speech and first paragraph on p. 5 of the Burlington,
N.C., speech:
You can't have it both ways when you're President of
the United States. This office demands decisive leadership,
not wishy-washy, weak-kneed vacillation. Had Mr. Clinton
been President, we would have sat by as Saddam Hussein
acquired a stranglehold on two-thirds of the world's oil
supply while we were figuring out if he really agreed with
the majority or the minority. And our economy would really
have been in shambles.
This tendency of Mr. Clinton's to vacillate and try to
have everything both ways extends across the board.
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
02 OCT 19 A8: 40
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance. Too havey
?
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption, No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. //
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
the
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
2,
people don't wan't
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
my
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most kiggest mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever, proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
1
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
on
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up S since June it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
over
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
7
fteen million of your tax dollars. In Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve
years just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
3
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
in
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
fack
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
wi
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world every works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession: the way for us to get ahead
control
is to keep government down
Spending
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I want to be fair. At least he's consistent. Governor
Clinton never met a tax he didn't like. When it comes to
anything else, he has a tendency to come down on every side of
every issue. He reminds me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the
Other Hand."
4
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn it leveled I. with the American
But
can f seem to
people. about Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
It's no surprise to me that Burlington's Marvin Aldridge was in
the first tank to cross the Rhine River in 1945 with General
to
Patton. Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor,
and
country" than in the South.
That's
for
why North Carolinians bravely served in the
conclusion
Persian Gulf.
I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration/of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
lead and asproved the use 1 force against saddam
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made. " //
5
2
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that agreement you've
The
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against it now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans. [Fact
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
6
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head.' End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
I
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
R have lamed your trust
min
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance.
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption. No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. 11
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. 11
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's premising.
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But, it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
a Gold carl
3
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
pion
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks.
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Maybe Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at
Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises.
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over...
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession the way for us to get ahead
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
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I want to be fair. At least he's consistent. Governor
Clinton never met a tax he didn't like. When it comes to
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anything else, he has a tendency to come down on every side of
every issue. He reminds me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the
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Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
It's no surprise to me that Burlington's Marvin Aldridge was in
the first tank to cross the Rhine River in 1945 with General
Patton. Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor,
country" than in the South.
That's why - North Carolinians bravely served in the
Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made." //
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after we
decided to
monhilitainly
5
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
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That's funny. Three months ago he said he was/for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
"No way"
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
weah?
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
uptothe public.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that you've
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
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On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. 11
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There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America.
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Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
backs his
head." End-quote.
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hails us.
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. 11
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
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Draft Two
October 18, 1992
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance.
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption. No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. //
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You Know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. 11
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But, it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
4
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clin
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trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. 11
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that you've
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
6
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America.
by MISleading them. 11
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Nov I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
Document No. 357207ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 3:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BURLINGTON, N.C.
SUBJECT:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
>
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
\
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
is
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
\
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
>
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122,
x2930, no later than 3;00 p.m., TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a
copy to this office. Thank you.
60 : Id 61 100 26
RESPONSE:
See comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
12 OCT 19 A8: 40
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, . It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance.
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption. No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. //
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
,
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
3
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
should
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
and the key
Twe this say
an eighteen-wheeler
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Howar
X4657
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I want to be fair. At least he's consistent. Governor
Clinton never met a tax he didn't like. When it comes to
anything else, he has a tendency to come down on every side of
every issue. He reminds me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the
Other Hand."
4
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm 'sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
It's no surprise to me that Burlington's Marvin Aldridge was in
the first tank to cross the Rhine River in 1945 with General
Patton. Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor,
country" than in the South.
That's why North Carolinians bravely served in the
-
Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress,
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made.' II //
5
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that you've
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. 11
6
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
7786
Document No. 357207ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
32 OCT 19 P1:55
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BURLINGTON, N.C.
SUBJECT:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
1
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122,
x2930, no later than 3;00 p.m., TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a
copy to this office. Thank you.
somelling
RESPONSE: TO:
DAN MCGROARTY October 19, 1992
The NSC staff concurs as amended. Please
Sets Rontined have PHILLIP D. Press BRADY
see notes.
Assistant to the President
from Brent Scowcroft
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
CC: Phillip D. Brady
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
2 CCT 19 A8: 40
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance.
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption. No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. //
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
acthony
You know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
11
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
Clinton or my opponent
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
3
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Billion ?
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks.
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
use manoter Tripduring
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep
our
my
leadership in the White House.
I want to be fair. At least he's consistent. Governor
Clinton never met a tax he didn't like. When it comes to
anything else, he has a tendency to come down on every side of
every issue. He reminds me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the
Other Hand."
4
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a Strong stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
It's no surprise to me that Burlington's Marvin Aldridge was in
the first tank to cross the Rhine River in 1945 with General
Patton. Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor,
country" than in the South.
That's why North Carolinians bravely served in the
-
Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made.' " //
5
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
this
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen
l
analogy is too
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
out- maded
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
dated!
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that you've
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
6
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
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92 OCT i9 P1:48
DATE:
10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 3:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BURLINGTON, N.C.
SUBJECT:
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x2930, no later than 3;00 p.m., TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a
copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
2 COT 19 A8: 40
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance.
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption. No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. //
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
,
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You Know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow American
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
TO IMPOSE ON
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single LARGEST most mannoth tax and spend STET
IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
increase ever proposedgen the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
THE
But it's worse than that. We've got big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
3
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
ION
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
7
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
THE SIZE OF
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I want to be fair. At least he's consistent. Governor
Clinton never met a tax he didn't like. When it comes to
anything else, he has a tendency to come down on every side of
every issue. He reminds me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the
Other Hand.' "
4
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them. If
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
It's no surprise to me that Burlington's Marvin Aldridge was in
the first tank to cross the Rhine River in 1945 with General
Patton. Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor,
country" than in the South.
That's why North Carolinians bravely served in the
Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made." //
5
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen
?
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
VOTERS
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that you've
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
6
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And T believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. 11
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
CHALLENGING
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
STUMP4
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
STUMP SPEECH
BURLINGTON, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, It's great to be in a town which has hosted
national softball championships. Though in all honesty, I have
to say it's hardball we'll be playing from now through November
3.
I'm proud to be the first sitting President to come to
Burlington -- the place where more than 220 years ago, a group
opposed to corruption and unfair taxation won the Battle of
Alamance.
Today, I'm here to say: On November 3 we too are going to
say no to corruption. No to unfair taxation. We're going to
blow the whistle on Bill. "
Earlier Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
Kannapolis, and Thomasville. At each stop it's the same. We're
in the land of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe
me, the Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
2
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg) I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Burlington, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
3
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Think about it. That Congress.. and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises. drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I want to be fair. At least he's consistent. Governor
Clinton never met a tax he didn't like. When it comes to
anything else, he has a tendency to come down on every side of
every issue. He reminds me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the
Other Hand."
4
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
It's no surprise to me that Burlington's Marvin Aldridge was in
the first tank to cross the Rhine River in 1945 with General
Patton. Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor,
country" than in the South.
That's why North Carolinians bravely served in the
Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made.' //
5
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. 11
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. All Americans know
about Burlington Textiles. What they don't know is that you've
been exporting goods for around 140 years. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
6
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America.
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. 11
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
7
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #